| Content Note | Includes: Copy of extract of Special Order from the Commanding Officer of the 90th Machine Gun Company detailing the bravery and self-sacrifice that led to the death of Second Lieutenant Thorner, dated 1 January 1918; copy letter from Captain George MacDermott to Mr. Thorner, brother of the casualty, providing details of Second Lieutenant Thorner’s death and stating that he was buried in Dickebusch Military Cemetery, dated 3 January 1918; handwritten letter from A.B. Watts, boyhood friend of the casualty, to the IWGC informing the Commission of the incorrect spelling of Second Lieutenant Thorner’s name on his headstone, dated 14 November 1955; letter from the IWGC Chief Records Officer to the Chief Administrative Officer, North West European District, stating that the spelling of Second Lieutenant Thorner’s name be corrected and that the letters A.M., signifying a holder of the Albert Medal, also be added to his headstone and Cemetery Register, dated 20 December 1955. |